Alan Summers, Recipient of the Japan Times Award (2002), haibun editor (Blithe Spirit) and co-founder of Call of the Page, a UK provider of literature, education & literacy projects, often based around the Japanese genres.
For events & workshops contact us through our Call of the Page website: Call of the Page.

Online internet courses by Call of the Page

Are you interested in a Call of the Page course? We run courses on haiku;tanka; tanka stories/prose; haibun; shahai; and other genres.

Please email Karen or Alan at our joint email address: admin@callofthepage.org
We will let you know more about these courses.

AppleHouse is a financially independent project supporting poets in the South East through levels of excellence in intensive, small-group workshops, masterclasses, and anthology and pamphlet publication.

A LONG POET'S GUIDE TO HAIKU:THE APPLEHOUSE HAIKU & GINKO WORKSHOP10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007

Suitable for poets and writers of all levels – maximum of 12.

No previous experience of writing or reading haiku is necessary.

Haiku is simple, but requires discipline to write well. Learn the techniques behind contemporary English-language haiku with writing exercises and discussion. We will cover the world's shortest literary form, from its origins in Japan, to its current world-wide practice.

There will also be an opportunity for a traditional Japanese haiku-writing walk(a 'ginko') in the AppleHouse orchard.

Feel free to bring thirteen copies of any haiku you have written already.

10am to 4.30pm on Saturday 9th June 2007Day Workshop for £42 including two-course lunch with wine

TutorAlan Summers is a Japan Times award-winning haiku poet and a Visiting Tutor for The Poetry School.

He's widely published with work translated into eleven different languages. Alan is a judge for numerous haiku competitions, including The Sasakawa Prize for Original Contributions in the Field of Haikai, and is a former General Secretary of the British Haiku Society.

He is currently judging haiku entries from children and students from the poor areas of Nairobi, Kenya, Africa.

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I'm President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society; a Japan Times award-winning writer; Pushcart Prize nominated poet; also co-founder of Call of the Page which promotes literacy and literature events.